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Events

The Guild organises, sponsors and presents at events to advance the education of the public in one-name studies specifically and genealogy generally. Guild members and non-members are welcome to attend. A monthly calendar is shown below, where the title of each event links to further information if available. Future events are shown on the right, where you can click on the meeting titles to view their details.

Your assistance with the Guild Stand at events would be much appreciated. Please contact the Guild Events Manager to discuss. If you need any help with publicity for an event, please contact the Publicity Manager.

Guild contact: Alan Moorhouse

Poverty, illegitimacy, child migration, mental health and care in old age touched the lives of many of ancestors at some stage of their existence. For this seminar, which looks at some of the institutions and movements involved: the workhouse, mother and baby homes, child migration movements and the establishment of lunatic asylums and alms houses, we return once again to this convenient venue in Amersham.